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  • September 2015 (Revised September 2017)
  • Case

Pershing Square 2.0

By: Robin Greenwood, Samuel Hanson and David Biery
In June 2015 William A. Ackman, the CEO and founder of New York hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, reflects on the success of the fund he has spent over a decade building. Since its inception in 2004, Pershing Square's assets under management had grown from $500... View Details
Keywords: Activism; Value Investing; Portfolio Management; Management; Investment Portfolio; Investment Activism
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Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Hanson, and David Biery. "Pershing Square 2.0." Harvard Business School Case 216-003, September 2015. (Revised September 2017.)

    General Growth Properties and Pershing Square Capital Management

    Segel, Arthur I., Stuart C. Gilson, Thomas Edward Follett Langer, Zubin Gopal Malkani, and John Anthony Mascari. "General Growth Properties and Pershing Square Capital Management." Harvard Business School Case 212-109, May 2012.

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    • May 2012 (Revised November 2015)
    • Case

    General Growth Properties and Pershing Square Capital Management

    By: Arthur I. Segel, Stuart C. Gilson, Thomas Edward Follett Langer, Zubin Gopal Malkani and John Anthony Mascari
    Keywords: Real Estate; Real Estate Industry
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    Segel, Arthur I., Stuart C. Gilson, Thomas Edward Follett Langer, Zubin Gopal Malkani, and John Anthony Mascari. "General Growth Properties and Pershing Square Capital Management." Harvard Business School Case 212-109, May 2012. (Revised November 2015.)
    • September 2012
    • Teaching Note

    General Growth Properties and Pershing Square Capital Management (TN)

    By: Arthur I. Segel and Stuart C. Gilson
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    Segel, Arthur I., and Stuart C. Gilson. "General Growth Properties and Pershing Square Capital Management (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 213-042, September 2012.
    • June 2013 (Revised September 2015)
    • Case

    Procter & Gamble

    By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante

    On July 12, 2012, Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management announced publicly that it had purchased about $2 billion of Procter and Gamble (P&G) stock. Shares in the company closed up 3.75% the day the disclosure was made public. Ackman told the New York... View Details

    Keywords: Ackman; P&G; Pershing Square Capital Managment; Disruption; Management Succession; Crisis Management; Acquisition; Consumer Products Industry; Financial Services Industry
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    Lorsch, Jay W., and Kathleen Durante. "Procter & Gamble." Harvard Business School Case 413-127, June 2013. (Revised September 2015.)
    • July 2021 (Revised December 2021)
    • Case

    Pershing Square's Pandemic Trade (A)

    By: Emil N. Siriwardane, Luis M. Viceira, Dean Xu and Lucas Baker
    This case explores the decision that Bill Ackman, CEO and founder of the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, was considering in late February 2020 about hedging the exposure of the fund’s portfolio from the potential financial fallout ensuing from an extreme event like... View Details
    Keywords: Health Pandemics; Financial Liquidity; Cost Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Risk Management
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    Siriwardane, Emil N., Luis M. Viceira, Dean Xu, and Lucas Baker. "Pershing Square's Pandemic Trade (A)." Harvard Business School Case 222-007, July 2021. (Revised December 2021.)
    • 09 Feb 2011
    • News

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    Hillcrest Asset Management Grant

    Awarded grants from the Pershing Square Fund for Research on the Foundations of Human Behavior and Hillcrest Asset Management for the project "Front Page News: The Effect of News Positioning on Financial Markets." View Details
    • January 2016 (Revised January 2019)
    • Case

    The Allergan Board Under Fire (A)

    By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan, John C. Coates and David Lane
    In 2014, the Allergan Inc. board of directors received a surprise takeover offer from Valeant Pharmaceuticals in alliance with hedge fund activist Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management. In the unprecedented arrangement between an acquirer and a hedge fund... View Details
    Keywords: Allergan, Inc.; Valeant; Ackman; Pershing Square; Tender Offer; Activist Investors; Business Models; R&D; Board Of Directors; Securities Litigation; Acquisition Strategy; Takeover Defenses; Hedge Funds; Shareholder Rights; Proxy Contest; Shareholder Special Meetings; Legal Issues In Contested Takeovers; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    Paine, Lynn S., Suraj Srinivasan, John C. Coates, and David Lane. "The Allergan Board Under Fire (A)." Harvard Business School Case 316-010, January 2016. (Revised January 2019.)
    • January 2016 (Revised January 2019)
    • Supplement

    The Allergan Board Under Fire (B)

    By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan, John C. Coates and David Lane
    In 2014, the Allergan Inc. board of directors received a surprise takeover offer from Valeant Pharmaceuticals in alliance with hedge fund activist Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management. In the unprecedented arrangement between an acquirer and a hedge fund... View Details
    Keywords: Allergan, Inc.; Valeant; Ackman; Pershing Square; Tender Offer; Activist Investors; Business Models; R&D; Board Of Directors; Securities Litigation; Acquisition Strategy; Takeover Defenses; Hedge Funds; Shareholder Rights; Proxy Contest; Shareholder Special Meetings; Legal Issues In Contested Takeovers; Corporate Governance; Investment Activism; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Model; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    Paine, Lynn S., Suraj Srinivasan, John C. Coates, and David Lane. "The Allergan Board Under Fire (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 316-029, January 2016. (Revised January 2019.)
    • July 2021
    • Article

    Multinationality and Capital Structure Dynamics: A Corporate Governance Explanation

    By: Daniel Gyimah, Nana Abena Kwansa, Anthony K. Kyiu and Anywhere Sikochi
    This paper examines the impact of corporate governance on capital structure dynamics. Using ordinary least squares regressions on 17,496 firm-year observations for 2,294 U.S. multinational companies (MNCs) over the period 1990–2018, we find that MNCs with strong... View Details
    Keywords: Multinationality; Speed Of Adjustment; Corporate Governance; Multinational Firms and Management; Capital Structure
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    Gyimah, Daniel, Nana Abena Kwansa, Anthony K. Kyiu, and Anywhere Sikochi. "Multinationality and Capital Structure Dynamics: A Corporate Governance Explanation." Art. 101758. International Review of Financial Analysis 76 (July 2021).
    • 20 Sep 2021
    • Blog Post

    Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.

    Three months into his new role as SVP, Head of Marketing at Madison Square Garden Sports, Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016) looked out from his office onto a place that is equal parts inspiring and familiar. For three years, Laitsas regularly... View Details
    • 09 Feb 2011
    • News

    The Long & Short on Investing

    • 01 Dec 2000
    • News

    Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

    advertising savvy are but two of the myriad skills that are required of today's museum manager. Traditionally, museums have been run by academics who worked their way through the curatorial ranks, but more and more museum trustees are putting their faith in people with... View Details
    Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services
    • 16 Mar 2022
    • Blog Post

    Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports

    Three months into his new role as SVP, Head of Marketing at Madison Square Garden Sports (MSG), Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016) looked out from his office onto a place that is equal parts inspiring and familiar. For three years, Laitsas regularly... View Details
    • 24 Apr 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Managing Alignment as a Process

    corporate synergies should be defined at the top and realized in the business units. Just as the CFO coordinates the budgeting process, a senior executive should coordinate the alignment process—a responsibility for the Office of Strategy View Details
    Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Retail

      Case: The Allergan Board Under Fire (A)

      In 2014, the Allergan Inc. board of directors received a surprise takeover offer from Valeant Pharmaceuticals in alliance with hedge fund activist Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management. In the unprecedented arrangement between an acquirer and a hedge... View Details
      • 07 Jun 2018
      • News

      Bill Ackman on what it means to be an activist investor

      • August 2015 (Revised September 2015)
      • Case

      Shareholder Activists and Corporate Strategy

      By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman
      By 2015, there had been an upsurge in activist shareholders arguing for radical changes in companies' corporate strategies. Personalities like Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman, and Daniel Loeb were feared and loathed in some quarters, celebrated in others. With nearly $120... View Details
      Keywords: Scope; Activist Investors; Spin-offs; Synergy; Diversification; Consolidation; Hedge Fund; Corporate Strategy
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      Collis, David, and Ashley Hartman. "Shareholder Activists and Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 716-403, August 2015. (Revised September 2015.)
      • November 2008
      • Case

      HNA Group: Moving China's Air Transport Industry in a New Direction

      By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Manty
      HNA Group, the parent company of Hainan Airlines, was positioning itself to go global and make a mark for itself as the largest private airline in China. Positioned squarely behind the "Big Three" state-owned carriers, Hainan Airlines sought to create a world-class... View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Private Ownership; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation Industry; China
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      Kirby, William C., F. Warren McFarlan, and Tracy Manty. "HNA Group: Moving China's Air Transport Industry in a New Direction." Harvard Business School Case 309-029, November 2008.
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